unfold
ἀνα-πτύσσω,pf. inf.
Pass.
A.
ἀνεπτύχθαι
E. El. 357
:aor.
Pass.
ἀνεπτύχθην
Hp. Judic. 3
, but -επτύγην
Int. 48
:—unfoldthe rollson which books were written,open for reading,
ἀ. τὸ βιβλίον
Hdt. 1.125
, cf. 48 ; δέλτων ἀναπτύσσοιμι γῆρυν
E. Fr. 370
: alsoἀ. πύλας, κύτος, undo, open,
E. IT 1286 , Ion 39 ; χλαμύδα
Plu. Demetr. 42
; even χεῖλος
Opp. H. 3.247
;ἀναπτύξαςͅ χέραςwith armsoutspread,
E. Hipp. 1190 ; σεισμοὶ -ξαντες τὴν ἁρμονίαν τῶν ὀρῶν
Philostr. Im. 2.17
:— Med. ,fold up,
Arist. PA 664b27 , al.
b. cut open,of freshly killed animals, Pherecyd 97
J. , Philum. Ven. 17.3 , PMag.Leid.V. 10.1 , etc.
c. ruminate, chew,
Opp. H. 1.137 .
2. unfold, disclose,
πᾶν ἀ. πάθος
A. Pers. 254
, 294 ; πάντ' ἀναπτύσσει χρόνος
S. Fr. 301
; ἀ. πρὸς φῶς
Id. El. 639
, cf. E. HF 1256 ; φρένα πρός τινα
Id. Tr. 662
: in later Prose, Porph. Antr. 4 .
II. as military term,τὴν φάλαγγα ἀ. fold backthe phalanx, i.e.deepenit by countermarching from front to rear, X. Cyr. 7.5.3 ; conversely,τὸ κέρας ἀ. open outthe wing, i.e.extendthe line by countermarching from rear to front, X. An. 1.10.9 , cf. Plu. Pel. 23 , Arr. Tact. 9.5 .
